Jesse Spielman

I finally did it.

I may be literally 25 years late but I am now the proud owner of a Titanium PowerBook G4.

Strange that my desire for one of those machines has not abated in the intervening years.

#classicmac #powerpc #retrocomputing #retrohardware #macos9

Feb 20 at 4:25pmIceCubesApp
Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 20

My plan is to build a little rpi4 or rpi zero based modern-wifi-to-Ethernet dongle and bring that bad boy to cafes like I’m Carrie fucking Bradshaw.

EDIT: of course, she had a g3 powerbook. It's fine, I never actually liked that show!

Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 20
RIP tekserve
Show threadMx. Eddie RFeb 20
@heavyimage
Oof, right! There's no cards for a TiBook that do modern WiFi, are there? I retired my Pismo long enough back that it wasn't a problem yet.
Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 20

@silvermoon82 yeah — I don’t think this thing comes with an airport card and even if it did that’s pre 802.11g (that was AirPort Extreme, right?). There is a PCMCIA slot but I plan to use OS9 so I can’t imagine there are cards and drivers for anything new enough to be useful out of a homelab.

If I put Linux on there I can probably get a usb to modern wifi dongle but both that OS and a giant be-antenna’d bit of hardware would screw up the vibe.

Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 20
@silvermoon82 @ActionRetro — correct me if I’m wrong?
Show threadGregory SmithFeb 20

@heavyimage if you run Mac OS X you can do 802.11g with the PCMCIA—I’ve done it with mine. You have to remove the internal AirPort card.

For OS 9, the raspberry pi bridge sounds ideal!

Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 20
@treellama good to know! I don’t have as much nostalgia for OS X since I still use it. I think 9’ll be fun!
Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 20
Replying here from "Mac OS 9" -- just a VM for now but testing the effectiveness of using ssheven (https://github.com/cy384/ssheven) to access all my modern TUI software from a classic mac OS. Looks like toot / tooi work so I can keep chatting with you all 🙂
Show threadalex hardingFeb 20
@heavyimage how much did you spend on this
Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 20
@alexharding an appropriate amount. Unlike the amount I will one day spend on NeXT hardware.
Show threadalex hardingFeb 20
@heavyimage so what's the lineup now
Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 20
@alexharding in terms of what
Show threadalex hardingFeb 20
@heavyimage your old computer habit
Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 20
@alexharding Habit is a strong word
Show threadalex hardingFeb 21
@heavyimage sgi machines is a strong habit
Show threadJesse SpielmanFeb 21
@alexharding I got 3 of those for free